Mr. Timothy Smale lives in Houston, Texas where he is obtaining a Master’s degree in piano with Tim Hester. Prior to living in Houston, Tim lived in Topeka, Kansas for 8 years where he earned a bachelors degree in Music Education from Washburn University and went on to teach Choir at Holton Public Schools, USD 336 for three years to about 200 students each year at the high school and middle school level. Also while living in Topeka, Tim maintained a private piano studio, performed with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Kinnor Philharmonic, and Kansas City Civic Orchestra, and also accompanied and directed the orchestra pit for several musical theatre productions at Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy. Tim has also performed and studied chamber music at the Sunflower Music Festival and Atlantic Music Festival.